A Cowgirl, A Pumpkin & A Cast

 For the last month or so things have been sooooooooooooo crazy around here! And I have felt like the craziness never stops! Thankfully I feel like it has slowed down just a little bit the last few days. And I have a few minutes to myself right now so what do I do? Update the blog :)

Hubby update: Kiley gets a little better everyday. This last month has been one of the longest and hardest times in his life but he has been so strong through everything. I couldn't be more proud of him. He still has a long road ahead of him but at least we feel like we are on the up-swing of this whole thing. He also has a cool green cast on now!

Me update: I spend most of my time taking care of my girls, Kiley and the apartments. Yup, that about sums up my life these days :)

Azuree update: Azuree is getting so big and so grown up! She has been a great helper for her mommy through all of this and she has been so patient. Mommy has been pretty busy and she's so good at keeping herself entertained. She is such a good girl.

Emri update: I think that she will be crawling by the end of this week! She already gets around just by scooting and rolling, but lately she has been getting up on her knees and trying to move that way. So it won't be long!

So, here's some pics...

 Love these guys!

 Emri snuggling with her elephant. Aaaaaaaaaw :)

 Trying out the high chair for the first time...

 The first time that we went up north for Kiley's surgery we were told that they couldn't do it that week. It was pretty sad, but at least we were able to hang out with Brenda, and Halie and Michael and their family. They took Azuree to a Halloween party while we were there and they let her borrow their Tigger costume. She looooooooved it!

 Azuree's mustache is my favorite :) (Don't mind me, that was my "trying-hard-to-keep-my-mustache-in-place-while-smiling-at-the-same-time" face...)

 We went back up north for Kiley's foot surgery the next week which was the week of Halloween. Halie, Michael and Brenda took Azuree to another Halloween party. (This time we brought Azuree's costume just in case we were going to be there for Halloween.) This is a picture of Azuree the cowgirl, Adrienne the black cat, and Logan dressed as Scooby-Doo! Azuree had so much fun with these two! She loves her cousins so much.

 She was such a cute little cowgirl :)

When we came home from Kiley's foot surgery we had an awesome sign on the front of our apartment! It made our day :) Thanks Chip & Nicole's family!

 We actually ended up coming home for Halloween. Things were kind of hectic when we got back so Christian and Melanie were nice enough to take Azuree to a trunk-or-treat that they were going to. I felt bad that I couldn't take her so I was so thankful that they were willing to take her. She came back and was so proud of how much candy she got! She was in heaven :) This is a pic of Emri the pumpkin, James the bee, and Azuree the cowgirl.

 Emri was our little pumpkin this year!

 Love, love, love my girls!!!!

We didn't have the chance to carve pumpkins this year either, but a friend gave us a little pumpkin and Azuree was able to color it and put stickers on it. She loved it :)

I just had to include this picture. We put Azuree on the stairs for time out. One day I heard Azuree go over to the stairs and say "Ok monkey, you go to time out." I went over and this is what I saw :) Made me laugh.

 Here is a random pic of a sign that I made one afternoon. Kinda fun. Next time I will probably add some color...

 Kiley and I went up north again last week and he got a cast on! I think it helps him a lot and allows him to be a little bit more mobile.

I am getting so excited for Thanksgiving! I love this time of year, but I also get kinda homesick for my family. This year it's our turn to spend Thanksgiving with my family, and I couldn't be more excited! I feel like I don't see my family near enough so I love it when we are able to get together for holidays and things. I love spending time with family!

Kiley and I want to thank all of our family and friends again for all of their help, love and prayers. We would not be able to make it through this trial without you. We love you all so much!

Kiley's Accident

I am sitting here in the recovery room, Kiley is sleeping (kinda) and I guess this is as good a time as any to make a post about the accident.

On the 8th of this month Kiley, his dad Kim and his brother Chip had all gone up Beaver Mountain to log. At around 3:30pm-ish that day I got a call from Chip. He told me that Kiley had been in an accident and that he had broken his leg.

 Kiley had rolled the skidder and as it rolled his foot got smashed underneath the roof of this big piece of heavy equipment. And yes, that is Kiley laying there by the skidder. Kim and Chip were very good at not rushing things too much and making sure that they did all that they could to take care of Kiley. So this picture was taken while they were trying to decide the best way to get him off of the mountain. And throughout this whole thing Kiley has been very insistent that we get documentation and pictures of everything, so I'm sure that this picture was taken at the urging of Kiley as well :)

 Once Kim and Chip drove him off the mountain they took him to the hospital in Beaver where they were able to get his boot off. There they told him that it was too bad of an injury for them to take care of and he'd have to go to Cedar City to get it fixed. I have to say that out of all of the pictures we've taken this picture might be my favorite. Only because of the doctor's face :) Other than that I hate this picture because Kiley is in so much pain. (It also kinda' looks like his leg was completely cut off, but it wasn't. The bones just came through the skin.)

 This is Kiley once he was in the Cedar City hospital. He was in so much pain :(

 Having the girls come and visit him seemed to be the best part of his day. He loved seeing his girls!

 This was a day after they operated on his leg. They had to re-wrap it so I was able to get this pic. He had an incision by his knee where they inserted a steel rod into his tibia, an incision by his knee and by his ankle where they put screws into the bone and rod, and another big cut where the bones had poked through. All in all, his leg looked pretty yucky :( During the operation on Kiley's leg the Doc took x-rays of his foot to see what damage had been done there. They found out that his foot had been pretty badly crushed and that we would have to go see a specialist up north in 2 weeks for surgery. 

 Kiley got a bit stir-crazy so we made a trip to the store with the girls one day. After this Kiley almost never went out because it was too painful and we had to keep his leg elevated. Azuree was super excited though that Daddy was going to ride in the back with her and Emri :)

 I moved the mattress downstairs so that Kiley wouldn't have to use the stairs. It's kinda fun having him hang out with the girls and me all day :) I just wish he wasn't in so much pain...

 It's just like one big sleep-over everyday at our house! Here's Daddy and Azuree playing a video game together :)

 2 weeks after the accident we went up north to have the specialist look at Kileys foot. I got some pretty nasty and painful looking pictures of Kiley's foot while they unwrapped and re-wrapped it. It made me sick to my stomach to see this. This was such a painful injury and I hated that Kiley was constantly in so much pain.

 The blood blisters were a result of the swelling. Ouch, ouch....

 Definitely not a pretty picture...

When the specialist took a look at Kiley's foot he said that it was way too swollen for him to operate on and that we'd have to wait another week at least for the swelling to go down. That was some of the hardest news to take. We did not want to go home without having that operation taken care of. But there was nothing we could do about it so we went home and Kiley spent another very painful week in bed. We tried our very hardest to keep it elevated so that the swelling would go down. Apparently our efforts and all of the prayers and help from our family and friends payed off because when we saw the specialist a week later he said that Kiley's foot looked one hundred times better! I wanted to cry when he told us Kiley was good to go for surgery. This surgery meant that we could move forward with our lives and work on recovering.

 This is Kiley after his final surgery! Yay!

 Happy, happy day! Even though there is still a long road ahead of us, it is so nice to know that Kiley is moving forward and getting better. He is still in a lot of pain and probably will be for a while as he heals. But it's ok because it feels like the worst is behind us. 

Words cannot express the gratitude and love that we feel for everyone who has helped and supported us through all of this. The doctor's, nurses and everyone in the hospitals have been so wonderful and so helpful. We have felt the prayers and love from all of our friends and family members and we know that they have worked miracles. We would not have been able to make it through this trial alone.

We love you all so much!